{
  "id": 16414036,
  "title": "Foreign cruise ship visitors to Korea near 1.3 mil. in Jan.-Aug. period",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/foreign-cruise-ship-visitors-to-korea-near-1-3-mil-in-jan-aug-period-16414036",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T02:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/travel-food/20261025/foreign-cruise-ship-visitors-to-korea-near-13-mil-in-jan-aug-period"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Foreign cruise ship visitors to South Korea reached nearly 1.3 million in the first eight months of the year, according to data released by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). The figure, which includes both passengers and crew members, marked a 12 percent increase from the same period last year. With 148 scheduled port calls and 638,905 passenger arrivals expected in the fourth quarter, the annual total could surpass the 2 million mark, surpassing the previous record of 1.6 million set last year. Seogwipo, a popular resort town on the southern island of Jeju, accounted for more than half of all sea arrivals up to August. The majority of these visitors were Chinese nationals, comprising 57.7 percent of the total.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Foreign cruise ship visitors to S. Korea near 1.3 mln in Jan.-Aug. period",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/foreign-cruise-ship-visitors-to-s-korea-near-1-3-mln-in-jan-aug-period",
        "published": "2026-10-25T01:24:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}